Tencent buys 90% stake in Japan’s Wake Up for about ¥5bn

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Tencent buys 90% stake in Japan’s Wake Up for about ¥5bn
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Wake Up owns Soleil, which helped develop Nintendo Switch hits Ninjala and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

The logo of China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group is seen next to an earphone in this illustration photo. Picture: REUTERS/FLORENCE LO

The Shenzhen-based entertainment giant has taken about a 90% stake in Wake Up Interactive for more than ¥5bn , the people said, asking not to be identified because the transaction is not yet public. Wake Up owns Tokyo-based Soleil, which helped develop Nintendo Switch hits Ninjala and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

Kadokawa said in October that Tencent planned to pay about ¥30bn to take a 6.86% stake in the famous publishing company. Grasshopper Manufacture, led by creator Goichi Suda, is now a part of NetEase.

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